The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

boom--

Several scarlet curses exploded on Hagrid's broad back.

Harry on the side was surprised to find that these young people who all looked very familiar were so cruel that they used thunderbolt explosions on Hagrid!

This kind of curse is notoriously difficult to control and release, but on the contrary, its destructive power is also amazing.

Then, amid a series of explosions, Hagrid fell to the ground.

Worse yet to come.

Two teenagers didn't even need Umbridge's orders, they jumped over Hagrid's body and chased Grawp.

Their speed was extremely fast, and their movements were extremely dexterous. The dense jungle and shrubs seemed like nothing in front of them, and they had already jumped far away, almost as if they were flying.

The most important thing is that as they move, their bodies slowly become illusive.

Hagrid saw all this very clearly.

He roared angrily and was about to get up to stop the pursuers.

But just as his hand rested on the ground, more curses struck him from behind.

And this time the boys became even more ruthless.

Many of those thunderbolt explosion spells with astonishing destructive power were aimed at Hagrid's head and face.

boom boom boom...

It all happened so fast.

By the time Harry reacted, Hagrid, who was completely charred and motionless, was lying on the ground like a dead body.

Harry felt a fire burning in his chest.

He instinctively reached out and grasped the wand, and just as he was about to pull it out, Hermione's cold little hand held him down first.

It was only at this moment that Harry suddenly realized that Umbridge was looking at him with a malicious look, as if she wanted to see Harry actually pull out his wand.

The teenagers guarding Umbridge all pointed their wands at him.

"Ah, what a pity!"

Seeing Harry let go of his hand again, Umbridge shook her head and said in a tone that said she wanted to be beaten, "If you had just pulled out one centimeter more of your wand, I would have expelled you for assaulting the professor." It’s Hogwarts.”

"You don't have the power to do that!"

The speaker was Ron.

He unexpectedly burst out with great courage and stood up in front of Harry and Hermione in such a situation.

It's a pity that his body has been shaking because of fear, which makes him look a little stern and angry.

"I think instead of caring about whether I have this power, I should be more concerned about your situation later, what do you think?"

Umbridge slowly stepped forward with a smile, and pointed her stubby finger at Hagrid on the ground, "This disgusting half-blood giant will be dismissed from Hogwarts and sentenced to the crime of disturbing public safety." Zkaban will be imprisoned for life. His giant brother will be hanged, there is no doubt about it! As for you..."

Umbridge stretched out her hand to touch Harry's face, "The best outcome for you is that you will be locked up by me for a whole semester. I believe this will be a very wonderful journey, and I hope you can experience it well by then. I promise I won’t let you down!”

Umbridge's words made the fire in Harry's chest burn even brighter.

He shook Umbridge's hand away from his face and shouted:

"Don't touch me with your disgusting dirty hands!"

The force Harry used was so great that Umbridge staggered.

But the next moment, the hand that was thrown away was printed on Harry's face at an even faster speed.

"Snapped--"

There was a crisp sound between the close contact between the slap and the face.

After doing all this, the smile on Umbridge's face had disappeared. She waved her wrist and said with a ferocious expression:

"Bring them all back to me!"

After saying this, Umbridge walked towards Hogwarts Castle without looking back.

Several teenagers forcefully pulled away Hermione and Ron who were helping Harry up, and followed Umbridge along with Hagrid.

As for the remaining two teenagers, they smiled at each other, went deep into the dense forest to support them, and started chasing Graup's companions first.

……

The road back to Hogwarts Castle was extremely long for the three Harrys.

This was not only because the wind and snow were much heavier than before, but also because Umbridge seemed to be deliberately slowing down the team's progress so that Harry could stay cold for a while.

Anyway, she and the accompanying teenagers had thermal insulation spells cast on them, so they were not afraid of such a low temperature at all.

As they walked slowly and leisurely back to Hogwarts, the sky outside had darkened, and the three Harrys were all pale from the cold, and their bodies were almost numb.

But worse was to come.

After entering the castle, Harry suddenly discovered that Umbridge seemed to have already sent the news of their return back to the castle. At this moment, in the auditorium, many people were sitting around the long tables of various colleges, just in a hurry. A quick glance at Harry was sure that all the students who had not been home for the Christmas break were gathered here at the moment.

The appearance of Umbridge and her group suddenly silenced the originally noisy auditorium.

But when everyone saw the weird looks of Harry and Hagrid, the chattering started again.

Normally this would have drawn a reprimand from Umbridge.

But at this moment, Umbridge seemed to have heard nothing and led Harry and others directly to the high platform for speeches.

Hermione's face was extremely hot. Even though she kept her head lowered, she could still feel the eyes of her classmates being locked on her body unscrupulously.

She even vaguely heard a few laughs with a strong sense of ridicule.

All this torture made her almost crazy!

In comparison, Umbridge at this moment looks like a special dementor that does not absorb happy emotions, but only feeds on negative emotions.

She stood in front of Harry and the others, faced the students in the audience, took a deep breath, and then said loudly:

"Just now, several volunteers and I solved a major disciplinary case in the Forbidden Forest! Our former Professor of Care of Magical Creatures, Rubeus Hagrid, and several other colleagues including Harry Potter With our cooperation, we secretly brought a dangerous giant into the Forbidden Forest and planned to invade Hogwarts Castle!"

As soon as this statement came out, a series of exclamations suddenly erupted from the audience.

Any student who has taken the Care of Magical Creatures class will know about giants. The images and introductions of this terrifying creature are printed on the title page of the textbook "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them". Children from magical families often often visit them when they were young. They would hear all kinds of scary stories made up by their parents based on giants.

It is precisely because of this that everyone understands it.

If something like a giant were really allowed to enter Hogwarts Castle, the consequences would be unimaginable.

For a moment, the way everyone looked at Hagrid, Harry and the others completely changed.

"You fart!"

Suddenly, Harry's angry shout interrupted the increasingly chaotic atmosphere, causing Hermione, who was immersed in pain, to suddenly raise her head.

It was this look that made Hermione surprised to find that Harry's head was raised high. He didn't look like a 'prisoner' being escorted up, but more like a general returning from victory.

At this moment, looking at Harry, Hermione even forgot about the pain in her heart.

Also casting his sights on Harry was Umbridge.

Harry's curse words caused the smile on Umbridge's face to disappear completely.

She quickly stepped forward in three steps at a time, directly grabbed Harry's hair and pulled his head up to the extreme position:

"You still dare to quibble, I see you..."

"boom--"

Before Umbridge could finish her words, a golden light shot from a distance and the hand she was holding on to Harry's hair flew away.

The teenagers next to her were startled, and almost instinctively pointed their wands in the direction of the spell.

However, the person who was slowly walking out of the passage over there was Professor McGonagall.

With just a look from Professor McGonagall, the teenagers who were still arrogant in front of Harry lowered their wands and lowered their wands.

The ferocious look on Umbridge's face also subsided, replaced by a familiar smirk.

She just waved the wrist that had just been hit, and waited until Professor McGonagall walked in expressionlessly before saying with a smile:

"Professor McGonagall, I was about to inform you that our savior just made a big mistake!"

"Oh, I probably understand everything. It is indeed very inappropriate for Hagrid to privately bring the giants into the Forbidden Forest." Professor McGonagall said calmly, "But why do you say that Mr. Potter and the others are Hagrid's accomplices?" ?”

As soon as these words came out, before Umbridge could reply, Harry shouted anxiously:

"Professor McGonagall, Hagrid was wronged. That giant...Hagrid..."

Harry was a little incoherent for a moment.

He really didn't expect that Professor McGonagall would express no objection to Umbridge's verdict of Hagrid's guilt.

You know, if this matter is confirmed, then Hagrid may have to go to Azkaban to stay for the rest of his life!

Harry was thinking about saying something to help Hagrid, but he didn't know what to say.

After all, Hagrid was committing a crime by bringing the giant into the Forbidden Forest for whatever reason.

Professor McGonagall didn't give Harry much time to think. Hearing this, she frowned and shouted:

"Shut up, Potter!"

"Yes, Mr. Potter," Umbridge happily agreed, "As a suspect, I think it's best for you to keep quiet now!"

Harry was completely silent now.

He gritted his teeth, and his hot gaze was fixed on Umbridge, as if he wanted to watch Umbridge die.

Umbridge seemed to enjoy his expression of impotent rage, and her smile became even more smug.

"Let's get back to the topic, Umbridge." McGonagall continued, "What evidence do you have that Potter and the others are Hagrid's accomplices?"

"If they were not accomplices, why did the hybrid giant take them there?" Umbridge said, pointing to a young man standing next to her, "My volunteers all saw it, and they were walking along the way. The conversation was very pleasant and harmonious, so there was no element of coercion.”

After hearing this, Professor McGonagall's expression became obviously much uglier. She glared at Harry fiercely, and then continued:

"Anyway, I think your current evidence is not enough to prove all this. For example, you keep saying that Hagrid brought the giant in, but where is the giant now?"

"I'll catch it, soon!"

"But now you haven't caught it, haven't you? Then you are not qualified to say such things." Mag said, "Besides, you have no right to convict them at will!"

"No! I really have this power!" Umbridge took out a piece of parchment with a smile and said, "Do you still know what this is? This is an order given to me by Minister Fudge. He has already given rewards and punishments to Huo Huo. The power of all the teachers and students at Gwartz was given to me.”

Professor McGonagall's eyes narrowed upon hearing this.

She said in a gloomy tone:

"You should know what the consequences will be when Dumbledore comes back and hears that you did this, right?"

Umbridge said nothing, but the sarcastic smile still on her face and the slight shrug showed that she was not afraid of Dumbledore.

Professor McGonagall continued:

"In short, this matter still needs to be investigated, at least until Dumbledore comes back after school starts! Before that, neither Hagrid nor Harry Potter can leave Hogwarts to prevent accidents occur!"

Hearing this, Harry and Hermione almost cheered.

Ron even vowed to complete Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration coursework as soon as possible after returning.

At this moment, Professor McGonagall's domineering attitude has completely impressed them!

At the same time, Umbridge's brows also frowned. She took a deep breath and was about to continue speaking when a boy next to him pulled her back and whispered something in her ear.

Then a magical scene happened.

Umbridge, who had been furious just now, actually laughed when she heard this.

She straightened her waist, glanced at Harry and Professor McGonagall proudly, and said:

"Then let's wait until school starts to deal with this matter. Anyway, the witnesses and physical evidence are complete, so you can be convinced."

After saying this, Umbridge led the teenagers and turned around and walked towards the stairs.

But when she passed by Harry, she leaned down again and whispered in Harry's ear:

“There were many more people on the first day of school than there are now!”

Upon hearing this, Harry's expression of joy suddenly froze.

He turned his head and looked back, but only saw the back of Umbridge laughing and leaving.

At this moment Harry understood.

The reason why Umbridge agreed to wait until school started to deal with this matter was not because she was intimidated by Dumbledore's name, nor because she suddenly became kind-hearted, but because she wanted to do it in front of others. Publicizing all this will increase her prestige, and also completely throw Harry Potter's name as the savior into the mud!

After thinking about it, Harry felt that his whole body was chilled, and goosebumps appeared on his arms.

"Harry, are you okay?!"

"You don't have to listen to her, Harry, she's just bluffing!"

Hermione and Ron had arrived as quickly as possible.

They kept saying comforting words, but the sad expressions on their faces gave Harry the illusion that they were saying these words more to reassure himself.

Professor McGonagall didn't pay attention to them.

She was currently scolding the students in the auditorium to disperse quickly, and directing several Gryffindors to send Hagrid to the infirmary. She was very busy.

Harry watched all this silently, his eyes suddenly becoming firm.

He looked at Ron and Hermione solemnly and said:

"I'm afraid we have to contact Link right now!"